Numbers 1
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of
the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after
they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Take ye the sum of all the
congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of
their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; 3 From
twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel:
thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there shall be
a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. 5 And these
are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben;
Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of
Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 9
Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. 10 Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim;
Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 11 Of
Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 15
Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These were the renowned of the
congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in
Israel. 17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their
names: 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of
the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered
them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest
son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 21 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and
five hundred. 22 Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them,
according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 23 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and
three hundred. 24 Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 25
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five
thousand six hundred and fifty. 26 Of the children of Judah, by their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to
the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war; 27 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of
Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 28 Of the children
of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war; 29 Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 Of
the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 31 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand
and four hundred. 32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of
Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to war; 33 Those that were numbered of them, even
of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34 Of the
children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 35 Those that were numbered
of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two
hundred. 36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names,
from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 37
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and
five thousand and four hundred. 38 Of the children of Dan, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war; 39 Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 Of the children of Asher, by
their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that
were able to go forth to war; 41 Those that were numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 42 Of the children
of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of
their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 43 Those that were numbered of
them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four
hundred. 44 These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered,
and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his
fathers. 45 So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able
to go forth to war in Israel; 46 Even all they that were numbered were six
hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 But the
Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For
the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe
of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: 50 But thou
shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the
vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the
tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and
shall encamp round about the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle setteth
forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be
pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be
put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man
by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. 53
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there
be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites
shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 54 And the children of
Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Numbers 2
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Every man of the
children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their
father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they
pitch. 3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the
standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son
of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. 4 And his host, and
those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six
hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar:
and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. 6
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand
and four hundred. 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall
be captain of the children of Zebulun. 8 And his host, and those that were
numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All that
were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore
thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall
first set forth. 10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of
Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben
shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11 And his host, and those that were
numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12 And those
which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children
of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 13 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14
Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the
son of Reuel. 15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty
and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the
camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four
hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the
second rank. 17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with
the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they
set forward, every man in his place by their standards. 18 On the west side
shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the
captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 19 And his
host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five
hundred. 20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the
children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And his host, and
those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be
Abidan the son of Gideoni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of
them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 24 All that were numbered
of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an
hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies:
and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two
thousand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe
of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of
Ocran. 28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one
thousand and five hundred. 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the
children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. 30 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 31
All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and
fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their
standards. 32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by
the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout
their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and
fifty. 33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the
LORD commanded Moses. 34 And the children of Israel did according to all that
the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set
forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their
fathers.
Numbers 3
1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD
spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron;
Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of
the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to
minister in the priest's office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD,
when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and
they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office
in the sight of Aaron their father. 5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that
they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of
the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the
service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do
the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and
to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. 10
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's
office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among
the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix
among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; 13 Because
all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and
beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. 14 And the LORD spake unto Moses in
the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house
of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward
shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the
LORD, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names;
Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of
Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their
families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by
their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites
according to the house of their fathers. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the
Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the
Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all
the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them
were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Gershonites shall
pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the chief of the house of the
father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge
of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the
tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the
curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar
round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 27 And of Kohath
was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the
family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the
families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old
and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the
sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the
tabernacle southward. 30 And the chief of the house of the father of the
families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their
charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and
the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all
the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief
over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the
charge of the sanctuary. 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the
family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 34 And those that were
numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and
upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the house of the
father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall
pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And under the custody and
charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars
thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels
thereof, and all that serveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round
about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 But those that
encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the
congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the
charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the
stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of
the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD,
throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were
twenty and two thousand. 40 And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the
firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward,
and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I
am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the
cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the
children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the
firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 And all the firstborn males by the
number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of
them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the
firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of
their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. 46 And for those
that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the
firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; 47 Thou
shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the
sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 48 And thou shalt
give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron
and to his sons. 49 And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over
and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: 50 Of the firstborn of the
children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore
and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51 And Moses gave the money
of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of
the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 4
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the
sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old,
all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the
tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp
setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the
covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 6 And shall put thereon
the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue,
and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the table of shewbread they
shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and
the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a
covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they
shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his
lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof,
wherewith they minister unto it: 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels
thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And
upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a
covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 12 And they
shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the
sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of
badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar: 13 And they shall take away the
ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 14 And they shall put
upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the
censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the
altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to
the staves of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering
the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set
forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall
not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons
of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. 16 And to the office of Eleazar
the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet
incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight
of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the
vessels thereof. 17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, 18 Cut
ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach
unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them
every one to his service and to his burden: 20 But they shall not go in to see
when the holy things are covered, lest they die. 21 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the
houses of their fathers, by their families; 23 From thirty years old and upward
until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the
service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the
service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: 25 And
they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the
congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above
upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the
court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords,
and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so
shall they serve. 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the
service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their
service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. 28 This is
the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of
Aaron the priest. 29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after
their families, by the house of their fathers; 30 From thirty years old and
upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth
into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And
this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the
tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars
thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the
court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all
their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the
instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the
families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest. 34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the
sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their
fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation: 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the
families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the
congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of
the LORD by the hand of Moses. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of
Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From
thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth
into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 40 Even
those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of
their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 These are they
that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do
service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number
according to the commandment of the LORD. 42 And those that were numbered of the
families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their
fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every
one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation, 44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families,
were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be those that were numbered of the
families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the
word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 46 All those that were numbered of the
Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their
families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 From thirty years old and
upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the
ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation.
48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred
and fourscore, 49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by
the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his
burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 5
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that
they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and
whosoever is defiled by the dead: 3 Both male and female shall ye put out,
without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the
midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out
without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. 5
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When
a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against
the LORD, and that person be guilty; 7 Then they shall confess their sin which
they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof,
and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he
hath trespassed. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass
unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside
the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. 9 And
every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they
bring unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be
his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 11 And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying, 12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto
them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 And a
man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be
kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she
be taken with the manner; 14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be
jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon
him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: 15 Then shall the
man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the
tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put
frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of
memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her
near, and set her before the LORD: 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an
earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the
priest shall take, and put it into the water: 18 And the priest shall set the
woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of
memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have
in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: 19 And the priest shall
charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee,
and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy
husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: 20 But if
thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled,
and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: 21 Then the priest shall
charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the
woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD
doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; 22 And this water that
causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy
thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. 23 And the priest shall write
these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: 24 And
he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and
the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. 25
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and
shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar: 26 And the
priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and
burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass,
that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the
water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her
belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among
her people. 28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be
free, and shall conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousies, when a wife
goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; 30 Or when the
spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall
set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this
law. 31 Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear
her iniquity.
Numbers 6
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a
vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: 3 He shall separate
himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or
vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat
moist grapes, or dried. 4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing
that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 5 All the days
of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the
days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be
holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that
he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. 7 He shall
not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or
for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his
head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. 9 And if any
man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration;
then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day
shall he shave it. 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two
young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead,
and shall hallow his head that same day. 12 And he shall consecrate unto the
LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a
trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his
separation was defiled. 13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of
his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation: 14 And he shall offer his offering unto the
LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and
one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram
without blemish for peace offerings, 15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes
of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with
oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. 16 And the priest shall
bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt
offering: 17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto
the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his
meat offering, and his drink offering. 18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head
of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall
take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is
under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. 19 And the priest shall take the
sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one
unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the
hair of his separation is shaven: 20 And the priest shall wave them for a wave
offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and
heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. 21 This is the law
of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his
separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he
vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye
shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, 24 The LORD bless thee,
and keep thee: 25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto
thee: 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And
they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.
Numbers 7
1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and
had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the
altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; 2
That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the
princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 3 And
they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve
oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought
them before the tabernacle. 4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 5 Take it
of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according
to his service. 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the
Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according
to their service: 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of
Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of
the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their
shoulders. 10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day
that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on
his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 And he that offered his offering
the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: 13 And
his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering: 14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: 15 One young
bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 16 One kid
of the goats for a sin offering: 17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 18 On the second day Nethaneel the son
of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: 19 He offered for his offering one
silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 20 One spoon of gold of ten
shekels, full of incense: 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering: 22 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 23 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 24
On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did
offer: 25 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 27 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 28 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 29 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Eliab the son of Helon. 30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince
of the children of Reuben, did offer: 31 His offering was one silver charger of
the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering: 32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 33
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 34
One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 35 And for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 36 On the fifth day
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:
37 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 39 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 40 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering: 41 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel,
prince of the children of Gad, offered: 43 His offering was one silver charger
of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour
mingled with oil for a meat offering: 44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full
of incense: 45 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt offering: 46 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 47 And for a
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of
the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 On the
seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim,
offered: 49 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering: 50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 51 One young
bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 52 One kid
of the goats for a sin offering: 53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: 55 His offering was one
silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 56 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
full of incense: 57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for
a burnt offering: 58 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 59 And for a
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of
the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 60 On the
ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin,
offered: 61 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering: 62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 63 One young
bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 64 One kid
of the goats for a sin offering: 65 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 His offering was one
silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 68 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense: 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first
year, for a burnt offering: 70 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 71 And
for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five
lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher,
offered: 73 His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering: 74 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: 75 One young
bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: 76 One kid
of the goats for a sin offering: 77 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two
oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the
offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan,
prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: 79 His offering was one silver
charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine
flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: 80 One golden spoon of ten shekels,
full of incense: 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for
a burnt offering: 82 One kid of the goats for a sin offering: 83 And for a
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of
the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 This was the
dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of
Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
85 Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl
seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary: 86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of
incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the
gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. 87 All the oxen for the
burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first
year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin
offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings
were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of
the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was
anointed. 89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to
speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the
mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims:
and he spake unto him.
Numbers 8
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and say unto him,
When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the
candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the
candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. 4 And this work of the candlestick was
of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten
work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the
candlestick. 5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from
among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto
them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave
all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
8 Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour
mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation:
and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: 10
And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel
shall put their hands upon the Levites: 11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites
before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute
the service of the LORD. 12 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads
of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other
for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. 13
And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them
for an offering unto the LORD. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from
among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that
shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. 16 For they are
wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open
every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I
taken them unto me. 17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine,
both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt
I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the
firstborn of the children of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as a gift
to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of
the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an
atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children
of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 And
Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the
Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites,
so did the children of Israel unto them. 21 And the Levites were purified, and
they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the
LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that
went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation
before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning
the Levites, so did they unto them. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24
This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and
upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation: 25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon
the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 26 But shall minister with their
brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do
no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
Numbers 9
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month
of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Let
the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. 3 In the
fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season:
according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof,
shall ye keep it. 4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they
should keep the passover. 5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of
the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the
LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 6 And there were certain
men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the
passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: 7
And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore
are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed
season among the children of Israel? 8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still,
and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. 9 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of
you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a
journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. 11 The
fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with
unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none of it unto the
morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the
passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a
journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut
off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in
his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger shall
sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the
ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do:
ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in
the land. 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered
the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon
the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. 16 So it
was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the
children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the
children of Israel pitched their tents. 18 At the commandment of the LORD the
children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched:
as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. 19
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children
of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. 20 And so it was, when
the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of
the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD
they journeyed. 21 And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the
morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed:
whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried
upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their
tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the
commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the
LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the
LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 10
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of
a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of
the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow
with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then
the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves
unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts
shall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that
lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for
their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall
blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests,
shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever
throughout your generations. 9 And if ye go to war in your land against the
enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye
shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your
enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in
the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt
offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to
you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God. 11 And it came to
pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the
cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the children
of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud
rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their journey
according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 14 In the first
place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their
armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host
of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 16 And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of
Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 18 And the standard of the camp of
Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the
son of Shedeur. 19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the
children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 21 And the Kohathites set
forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against
they came. 22 And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set
forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of
Ammihud. 23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children
of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 And the standard of the camp of
the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps
throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of
Ocran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira
the son of Enan. 28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel
according to their armies, when they set forward. 29 And Moses said unto Hobab,
the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto
the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we
will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. 30 And he
said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my
kindred. 31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest
how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of
eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what
goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 33 And they
departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the
covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out
a resting place for them. 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day,
when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set
forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and
let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said,
Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
Numbers 11
1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it;
and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and
consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people
cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. 3
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt
among them. 4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the
children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the
melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is
dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And
the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of
bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the
taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp
in the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 Then Moses heard the people weep
throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of
the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. 11 And Moses said unto
the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not
found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon
me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the
sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 13 Whence
should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying,
Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone,
because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I
pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see
my wretchedness. 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of
the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and
officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that
they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee
there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon
them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it
not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against
to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD,
saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt:
therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 19 Ye shall not eat
one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But
even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto
you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept
before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 21 And Moses said, The
people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I
will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22 Shall the flocks and
the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea
be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the LORD said unto Moses,
Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to
pass unto thee or not. 24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of
the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them
round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto
him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy
elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they
prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the camp,
the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit
rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto
the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man,
and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua
the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said,
My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my
sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD
would put his spirit upon them! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the
elders of Israel. 31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought
quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey
on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the
camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the
people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they
gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread
them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. 33 And while the flesh was
yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled
against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. 34
And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried
the people that lusted. 35 And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto
Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
Numbers 12
1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom
he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the
LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD
heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon
the face of the earth.) 4 And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto
Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the
congregation. And they three came out. 5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of
the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam:
and they both came forth. 6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a
prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and
will speak unto him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in
all mine house. 8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not
in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then
were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? 9 And the anger of the
LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. 10 And the cloud departed from
off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron
looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said unto Moses,
Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done
foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom
the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13 And Moses
cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14 And the
LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be
ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that
let her be received in again. 15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven
days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And
afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of
Paran.
Numbers 13
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Send thou men, that they may search
the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of
their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by
the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those
men were heads of the children of Israel. 4 And these were their names: of the
tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat
the son of Hori. 6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 7 Of the
tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. 8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the
son of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe
of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. 11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the
tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son
of Gemalli. 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. 14 Of the tribe
of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of
Machi. 16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land.
And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. 17 And Moses sent them to spy
out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and
go up into the mountain: 18 And see the land, what it is, and the people that
dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; 19 And what the
land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be
that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; 20 And what the land
is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye
of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time
of the firstripe grapes. 21 So they went up, and searched the land from the
wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. 22 And they ascended by the
south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of
Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And they
came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one
cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought
of the pomegranates, and of the figs. 24 The place was called the brook Eshcol,
because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from
thence. 25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. 26 And
they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the
children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back
word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the
land. 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest
us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 28
Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are
walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. 29 The
Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites,
and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea,
and by the coast of Jordan. 30 And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and
said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
31 But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the
people; for they are stronger than we. 32 And they brought up an evil report of
the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land,
through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the
inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great
stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the
giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their
sight.
Numbers 14
1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept
that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against
Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in
the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! 3 And wherefore
hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives
and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into
Egypt? 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return
into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly
of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and
Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent
their clothes: 7 And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel,
saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good
land. 8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and
give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. 9 Only rebel not ye
against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for
us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
10 But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the
LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of
Israel. 11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me?
and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have
shewed among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit
them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 And
Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest
up this people in thy might from among them;) 14 And they will tell it to the
inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this
people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over
them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and
in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one
man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, 16
Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware
unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. 17 And now, I beseech
thee, let the power of my lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and
transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I
beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy
mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. 20 And
the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: 21 But as truly as I live,
all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. 22 Because all those
men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the
wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to
my voice; 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their
fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: 24 But my servant
Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him
will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. 25
(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you,
and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. 26 And the LORD spake
unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil
congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the
children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, As truly as
I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29
Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you,
according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have
murmured against me. 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning
which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and
Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey,
them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. 32
But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your
children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms,
until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days
in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye
bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation,
that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be
consumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men, which Moses sent to search
the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by
bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the
evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 38 But Joshua the
son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to
search the land, lived still. 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the
children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose up early in
the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be
here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have
sinned. 41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the
LORD? but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you;
that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the
Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are
turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. 44 But they
presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the
LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down,
and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited
them, even unto Hormah.
Numbers 15
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I
give unto you, 3 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt
offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in
your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd or of the
flock: 4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat
offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare
with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt
prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part
of an hin of oil. 7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of
an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. 8 And when thou preparest a
bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace
offerings unto the LORD: 9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of
three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. 10 And thou shalt
bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of
a sweet savour unto the LORD. 11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for
one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 12 According to the number that ye shall
prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. 13 All that are
born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 14 And if a stranger
sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer
an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall
do. 15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the
stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as
ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. 16 One law and one manner
shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. 17 And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto
them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19 Then it shall be, that,
when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto
the LORD. 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave
offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave
it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering
in your generations. 22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these
commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, 23 Even all that the LORD
hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded
Moses, and henceforward among your generations; 24 Then it shall be, if ought be
committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the
congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet
savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according
to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. 25 And the priest
shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and
it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their
offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before
the LORD, for their ignorance: 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing
all the people were in ignorance. 27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then
he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. 28 And the
priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he
sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall
be forgiven him. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through
ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the
stranger that sojourneth among them. 30 But the soul that doeth ought
presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same
reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment,
that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while
the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered
sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought
him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him in
ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the LORD
said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation
shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation
brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the
LORD commanded Moses. 37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto
the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders
of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the
fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And it shall be unto you for a
fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD,
and do them ; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after
which ye use to go a whoring: 40 That ye may remember, and do all my
commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the LORD your God, which
brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.
Numbers 16
1 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan
and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took
men: 2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel,
two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men
of renown: 3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against
Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the
congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore
then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? 4 And when Moses
heard it, he fell upon his face: 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his
company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy;
and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he
cause to come near unto him. 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his
company; 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to
morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be
holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah,
Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that
the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring
you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to
stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 10 And he hath brought thee
near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the
priesthood also? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered
together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 12 And
Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not
come up: 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that
floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make
thyself altogether a prince over us? 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a
land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and
vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. 15 And
Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I
have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. 16 And Moses
said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they,
and Aaron, to morrow: 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them,
and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty
censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. 18 And they took every
man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah
gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.
20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves
from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. 22 And they
fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh,
shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? 23 And the
LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you
up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up
and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And
he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of
these wicked men, and touch nothing of their's, lest ye be consumed in all their
sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on
every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their
tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 28 And Moses
said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for
I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of
all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD
hath not sent me. 30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her
mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down
quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the
LORD. 31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words,
that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 And the earth opened her
mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained
unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went
down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from
among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the
cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 35 And there came
out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that
offered incense. 36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar
the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and
scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these
sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering
of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are
hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. 39 And Eleazar
the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered;
and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: 40 To be a memorial
unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of
Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and
as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. 41 But on the
morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. 42 And it came to
pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that
they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud
covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came
before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as
in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take
a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go
quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is
wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses
commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague
was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the
people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was
stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven
hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned
unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague
was stayed.
Numbers 17
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel,
and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of
all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write
thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the
rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the
testimony, where I will meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the
man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me
the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. 6 And
Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him
a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even
twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the
rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. 8 And it came to pass, that
on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of
Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed
blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from before
the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man
his rod. 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the
testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take
away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 11 And Moses did so: as the
LORD commanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses,
saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing
near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Numbers 18
1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with
thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee
shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also of the tribe
of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined
unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall
minister before the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and
the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of
the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. 4 And they
shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the
congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not
come nigh unto you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the
charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of
Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the
children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the
service of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 Therefore thou and thy sons
with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and
within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you
as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine
heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee
have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance
for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire:
every oblation of their's, every meat offering of their's, and every sin
offering of their's, and every trespass offering of their's which they shall
render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 In the most
holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto
thee. 11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave
offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy
sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is
clean in thy house shall eat of it. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best
of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer
unto the LORD, them have I given thee. 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the
land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is
clean in thine house shall eat of it. 14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be
thine. 15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring
unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the
firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts
shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt
thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after
the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstling of a
cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not
redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt
burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right
shoulder are thine. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the
children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy
daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever
before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 And the LORD spake unto
Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any
part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of
Israel. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in
Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service
of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 Neither must the children of Israel
henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and
die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no
inheritance. 24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an
heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore
I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no
inheritance. 25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Thus speak unto the
Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes
which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an
heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. 27 And this
your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of
the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall
offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of
the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to
Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering
of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from
it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the
threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. 31 And ye shall eat it in
every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in
the tabernacle of the congregation. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it,
when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy
things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
Numbers 19
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance
of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of
Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish,
and upon which never came yoke: 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest,
that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his
face: 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and
sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven
times: 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh,
and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: 6 And the priest shall take cedar
wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the
heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh
in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be
unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in
water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And
a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up
without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of
the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be
unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto
the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 He that
toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall
purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be
clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall
not be clean. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and
purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall
be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon
him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law,
when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the
tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no
covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain
with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave,
shall be unclean seven days. 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the
ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be
put thereto in a vessel: 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in
the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the
persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one
dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the
third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify
himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at
even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that
soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the
sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him;
he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that
sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth
the water of separation shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the
unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be
unclean until even.
Numbers 20
1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert
of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died
there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation: and
they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the
people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our
brethren died before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of
the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? 5 And
wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil
place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates;
neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the
presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 7
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the
assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock
before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth
to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their
beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded
him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock,
and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this
rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice:
and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts
also. 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to
sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring
this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of
Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was
sanctified in them. 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of
Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath
befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt
a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried
unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth
out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy
border: 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass
through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water
of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right
hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 18 And Edom said unto
him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19
And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I
and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without
doing anything else, go through on my feet. 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go
through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel
turned away from him. 22 And the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the LORD
spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom,
saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into
the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled
against my word at the water of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and
bring them up unto mount Hor: 26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them
upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die
there. 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor
in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his
garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of
the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the
congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even
all the house of Israel.
Numbers 21
1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that
Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took
some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If
thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy
their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up
the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called
the name of the place Hormah. 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of
the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much
discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against
Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?
for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this
light bread. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit
the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to
Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and
against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And
Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery
serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that
is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of
brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten
any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 And the children of
Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and
pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the
sunrising. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 13
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in
the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the
border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the
book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of
Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar,
and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is
the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I
will give them water. 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye
unto it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by
the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they
went to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of
Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon
king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn
into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the
well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon
gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the
wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 And Israel smote
him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok,
even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was
strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities
of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 26 For Heshbon was
the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former
king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of
Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame
from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed ar of Moab, and the lords of the high
places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he
hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon
king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto
Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out
Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were
there. 33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and og the king of
bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at edrei. 34
And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy
hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst
unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him,
and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they
possessed his land.
Numbers 22
1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on
this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel
had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they
were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab
said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are
round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son
of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5 He sent messengers therefore
unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the
children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out
from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over
against me: 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they
are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and
that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is
blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the
elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they
came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he said unto
them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall
speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 And God came unto
Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? 10 And Balaam said unto God,
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold,
there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come
now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive
them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt
not curse the people: for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the
morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the
LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Moab rose
up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 15 And
Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they
came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let
nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 17 For I will promote
thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come
therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said
unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and
gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. 19 Now
therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the
LORD will say unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto
him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word
which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And Balaam rose up in the
morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 And God's
anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way
for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two
servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the
way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way,
and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24
But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this
side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD,
she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall:
and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in
a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the
left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam:
and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the
LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done
unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam said unto
the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand,
for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass,
upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever
wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay. 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of
Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword
drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. 32 And
the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these
three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse
before me: 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless
she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not
that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I
will get me back again. 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with
the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.
So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam
was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of
Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not
earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I
not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I
am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that
God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and
they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to
Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass on the
morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal,
that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
Numbers 23
1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here
seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and
Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak,
Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to
meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high
place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars,
and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the LORD put a
word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and
all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king
of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,
Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath
not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? 9 For from the
top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people
shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 Who can count
the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the
death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! 11 And Balak said unto
Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and,
behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered and said, Must I
not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 13 And Balak
said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou
mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see
them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of
Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and
a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt
offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a
word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 17 And when he
came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab
with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? 18 And he took up
his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of
Zippor: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he
should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and
shall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and
he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in
Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with
him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he
hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. 23 Surely there is no enchantment
against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this
time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! 24 Behold,
the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion:
he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the
slain. 25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them
at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All
that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? 27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I
pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God
that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the
top of Peor, that looketh toward jeshimon. 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build
me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Numbers 24
1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as
at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the
wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his
tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he
took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man
whose eyes are open hath said: 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God,
which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes
open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! 6 As
the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees
of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many
waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be
exalted. 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength
of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their
bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a
lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth
thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 And Balak's anger was kindled
against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I
called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed
them these three times. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to
promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from
honour. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which
thou sentest unto me, saying, 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver
and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or
bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? 14 And now,
behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this
people shall do to thy people in the latter days. 15 And he took up his parable,
and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath
said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of
the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but
having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but
not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of
Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of
Sheth. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for
his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that
shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. 20 And
when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first
of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. 21 And he
looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy
dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless the Kenite
shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up
his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! 24 And ships
shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall
afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went
and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Numbers 25
1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the
daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their
gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined
himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. 4
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up
before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned
away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one
his men that were joined unto Baalpeor. 6 And, behold, one of the children of
Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of
Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who
were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up
from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after
the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of
Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the
children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four
thousand. 10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Phinehas, the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the
children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed
not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto
him my covenant of peace: 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even
the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God,
and made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the
Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was
Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. 15 And
the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur;
he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. 16 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: 18 For they vex you
with their wiles,